Soft turn-down collar.



Mia/m D. B. BECKER SOFT TURN DOWN comm.

APPLICATION HLEDMAY \E. 191?.

Patmfied Aug. 20, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- D. B. BECKER. son TU RN uow COLLAR. APPLICATION. FlLED MAY Hi. 9|?- 2 SHEETS--SHEET 2.

Patenn d Aug, 20, 1

Fnoiwtn 1;. menu, or wM-nnvmn'r, new roam Assmmm To one, 1*. name 00., or l r302, Newman. r I

Maw/mm in may concern:

Be itknown' th at I, DONALD B. BECKER, a Zen, of. theUnited States, residing at M atervliehin the county of Albany and State of- New-York, have invented certain n1 Collars,

'fi" titan Gnc, of the objects of my invention is to I 'dncejausoft turn down collar free from pernj' anent attached buttons. ewe'd onsbuttons. andother like-permw 'ncn't ly secured devices for collars are very Nee lik elytocome oif'at any time and'serious disell-arcane result; besides which such perv ma-nentlv" secured fasteners are liable to break 0 in the laundry and. are objectionablein the process of ironing. Therefore 20? it isone of the objects ,of my invention to rernedyth'is evil by eliminating the sewed on *jbutton or other permanentlysecured olasp clamp and the like,

"Another object of my ,zfij-vide an'additional button hole at each end Iofthe 'neck band.

i Another object of my invention is. to provide a soft collar having a neck band and lded' over top ngiptwoibutton holes at each; endyin hori-' ta alineme'nt, near the bottom edge thereuppe edge thereof, one of saidjuplper'buh ,zton holes being concealed by the, top orheminfoldedposition, the to old in collar being providedwith 'a' utton each end, near the r thereof and adapted to register, when th topiportion in folded-position, with ofwthetwo button holes at each end of neck band. I

further object of my invention is to caneckband for acollar of the charscribed having one end thereof grad; ,but. materially, reduced in width.

' F' 1- is a perspective view of acollar ngniy invention y is a siinilar view with lhctopitlap roken'away at theinnor end. f

Fig, 3 is a detail sectional view on the Specification of Letters'lctcnt. I Application filed my in, 1017, Serial in. 108391 earl -usefulImprovements in Soft Turnof whichthe following is a tioriable inasmfich as th ey are" very? invention is to proportion, the neck band ai'b'utt'on'hole at each end near the lower marginal" *at the king and is" bandisto have the ton hole 2 of the let eas 2. 1913,, a

Fig, is aldetlti'l sectional View on theili'nje I 1g. 1. I -F1g."5 is'a Ian. viewhof'my collar laid out Fig. 6 is a similar view looking at the face of to foldedbver PQlT P I-Mld the inner k faceoff-t M e'neclc'bii'iid: 1 represents the which is provided with button holese located at each end The 'neclr baniClmafis provided with the usual button holes 4, 5 positioned near the lower marginal edge of} the band 6 beinglthe hole of the collaiz- The neck. band is @150 provided at the long end with the usual but-, ton hole 7 and at the shorter endwitli a but ton hole 8, the said button hole 8 bein "in such position on the neck band that it is covered. or concealed by the outer am fold when said fold is in its-folded position.

'In addition to the usualbutton'holes of a collar-I provide the neck band with button holes '9' and 10' located nearv the lower marginal edge of the neck band and substantially in horizontal 'al'inement' with the usual button holes {and 5 ,yvhe'n' the collar is folded" in position to beworn. A; detach. able button 1s secl1 re din-the 'buttoii hence llldlQllIld projects through the button holes 2 of .the outer fold of the collar, whereby; 'tbeo ite r fold amt themeckband are sec ed together near their front edges;

able button is secured in the button hole 8 and isiadapte'd tolbe engaged:,byfthejbutton i hole 7 on the long end of the collar whereby permanently sefhe 'ends of, the collar arego of the collar,

cured together at the top ed thelowor edgesfiof the collar being secured- I together by means ofihex'button onthe shirt n 1-al-edgeofthe neckbancl' passing throug'gh thebutto'n holes 4and 5.

be lower mat-g at the long cndthercof-is deflected upwardly as at 11, whereby the width of-thc neck band gradually reduced as clearly shown in the roved.

A detach,

drawings. "The object ofthis lBdllCtlOll atthe longend then eck said long end clear the button hole 10 ofthe neck band andthe but.-

top portion 1, whereby I foldedover top portion 5 at each end thereof usual centralbutton h 6B L r at before the same-is olded -l look ng at thelouter face of the neck band;-

am enabled to position the button holes 2 nearer the front mar inal' end edge of the to folded than. woul be otherwise possible. ilhe detachable button may be of any de- 5 sired-type.

What I claim is 1. A soft fold collar having a neck band and a folded over top EOItlOII, said neck a band being 'rovided wit two button holes 10 at eachend isposed in elinement with each other and near the lower marginal-edge of the. said band, said folded over top being provided with a button hole near each end disposed near its lower marginal edge'ani.

positioned to re ister respectively with one [5 of the button ho es in the band.

v 2. A collar having a neck band and a folded over top portion, the ends of the band extendin beyond the ends of; the to portion, an each orovided with twob holes substantially in elinement with each other, one of said end portions of the band being materially reduced in Width. whereby its lower ed e will'el-ear the innermost button hole in t e opposite end of the neck band 25 when the ends are brought together.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DONALD B. BECKER.

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